If God can transform the early church's most vicious critic and persecutor, Saul, into the most amazing and influential evangelist in history - then what can his extraordinary Holy Spirit do for an ordinary person like us?

Jesus asks us to make disciples of all nations - a seemingly enormous challenge. But the Holy Spirit can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, such as Philip who inspired people to take the Good News to Africa and overseas.

Chris continues our series about the early church. The key thing for us to learn is that God wants our openness to take the opportunities He gives us to say what we know, to recognise that God has the power to do it, to pray for that power and to live with the consequences whatever they are.

At our Harvest service, Frances talks about our need to use our God given resources responsibly.

You can also watch the Tear Fund video she refers to. Click 'continue reading'. It may take a little while to start if the tearfund site is busy.

Phillip explains how the devil tries to oppose the growth of the church, both in Acts and in our own situations.

Taking examples from her own experience and that of the apostle Peter, Jill speaks about the work of the Holy Spirit.

After a brief introduction to Acts, Frances explains the important of praying and waiting on God.

Frances speaks about the way Jesus used small groups to teach and support his disciples, and asks how we can apply this to the launching of our own Life Groups.

Who on earth is this Jesus, that the wind and the waves obey him? Jolyon explains that there is only one like Jesus. He is utterly unique. Do we really understand who Jesus is?

Phillip examines how Jesus taught using the parable of the sower, and challenges us to see where the rocks and weeds are in our lives that may be causing our faith to wilt.